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Legal proceedings against the parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient who took him out of hospital without doctors' consent are expected to continue in Spain today.

Ashya King's family took him from Southampton General Hospital on Thursday afternoon and travelled on a ferry to France with the boy and his six siblings before heading south to the Costa del Sol in southern Spain.

Brett King, 51, and his wife Naghmeh, 45, appeared in court yesterday after they were arrested on Saturday night in Velez-Malaga by Spanish police.

PARTIES WRESTLE WITH TERROR POWERS

Negotiations between the two coalition parties over controversial plans to extend anti-terrorism powers continue today, in an effort to reach agreement before David Cameron addresses MPs.

The Prime Minister will make a statement in the Commons this afternoon, but talks between officials from the Tory and Lib Dem sides of the Government have so far failed to finalise the package.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the country faced "very real threats" but denied the Government's plans were a "knee-jerk response".

'HUGE' NUMBERS OF CHILDREN ABUSED

A child protection campaigner has warned that the sexual exploitation of youngsters is a much wider issue than had been acknowledged.

Hilary Willmer, chair of trustees at the charity Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation (Pace), said a "huge amount" of youngsters were being abused.

She was speaking out following the report into events in Rotherham, which found that more than 1,400 youngsters were abused over 16 years from 1997.

POLL SHOWS TENANTS' DISSATISFACTION

The vast majority of social housing tenants do not feel listened to or cared about by their landlords, a survey has found.

The Big Tenant Survey of 61,000 tenants found only 32% of people were satisfied that their landlord "listens to them and acts upon their views", while just 22% feel that their landlord "cares about them and their family".

The results show that landlords "may need to get to know their tenants better", according to Richard Blundell, chief executive of Housing Partners, which conducted the survey.

WEAPON SEIZURES AT COURT REVEALED

Thousands of knives, nearly 50 firearms and more than 100 replica guns have been seized at courts in England and Wales in the last two years, new figures have shown.

Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) insisted it took security "extremely seriously" and had "robust" systems in place to protect court users after the number of confiscated weapons was revealed.

In a Freedom of Information (FOI) response to the Press Association, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) revealed 14,094 knives were seized by court security staff between April 2012 and May this year.

TORY MPs: WE'LL VOTE TO LEAVE EU

David Cameron faced further pressure to respond to the rise of Ukip, with a move by Tory MPs to promise to vote for the UK to leave the European Union and calls from a grassroots organisation to take back immigration powers from Brussels.

The Prime Minister suffered a major blow after Douglas Carswell defected to Nigel Farage's party, with polling indicating he would comfortably win the by-election in the Clacton seat for Ukip.

Now dozens of Tory MPs are expected to promise to vote for the UK to leave the European Union in an effort to win support from Eurosceptic constituents at the 2015 general election.

TORY MP CHRIS KELLY TO STAND DOWN

Tory MP Chris Kelly has said he will stand down at the 2015 general election.

The Dudley South MP becomes the latest member of the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs to quit the Commons after a single term.

In a statement on his website he said he was "proud to have served the good people of Dudley South for the past five years" but did not give a reason for his decision.

BROWN REVEALS AMY-MANDELA JAIL JOKE

Nelson Mandela had a soft spot for singer Amy Winehouse after a quip she made about his time in prison, former prime minister Gordon Brown has revealed.

The ex-Labour leader said the pair met at former South African president Mr Mandela's 90th birthday party, at which Rehab singer Winehouse made a joke comparing the anti-apartheid campaigner to her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.

In an interview with the Guardian's G2 magazine, Mr Brown said: "The person he (Mr Mandela) most liked was Amy Winehouse."

ZARA BACK IN SADDLE FOR WORLD GAMES

Zara Phillips has made an impressive return to major competition - despite having "a bit of a lazy horse".

The Olympic medal-winner, who is the Queen's granddaughter, gave Britain a flying start at the World Equestrian Games in France as they looked to pin down a team medal, going clear with High Kingdom for 11th place individually.

Great Britain took team silver behind Germany.

BERCOW ADDRESSES MPs OVER CLERK ROW

Commons Speaker John Bercow will today face MPs for the first time since a row erupted over his recommended candidate for the post of clerk of the House.

He will reportedly make a statement in the chamber amid growing disquiet among critics of the choice of Australian Carol Mills, who is currently head of the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) in Canberra.

Members have voiced concerns about her lack of knowledge of Westminster procedures and believe she is too inexperienced for the prestigious £200,000-a-year position, which combines the clerk's duties as a key constitutional adviser with the role of Commons chief executive.